Changes in forest biodiversity, for example, are known to lag behind changes in a habitat's temperature and precipitation. Grasslands, on the other hand, are responding to climate change almost in ...

Research co-led by the University of Maryland reveals that drought and increased temperatures in a CO2-rich climate can ...

New research reveals that drought and increased temperatures in a CO2-rich climate can dramatically alter how grasslands use and move water. The study provides the first experimental demonstration of ...

New research co-led by the University of Maryland reveals that drought and increased temperatures in a CO2-rich climate can ...

U.S. Corn Belt: Intensive Farming and Shallow Groundwater Affect Precipitation Patterns Jan. 6, 2025 — New research shows that the sweeping land use changes and irrigation of the U.S. Corn Belt ...

They found that precipitation deficits in the top 100 ... largely not as severe on vegetation as the ones that occurred in grasslands. For example, one of the longest-lasting meteorological ...

John Steinbeck once described the corridor between Monterey and Salinas as the “pastures of heaven” for the grasslands flowering with blazing orange California poppies and other local species.